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The Runcast with John Richards

The Weekly Mix, Vol. 778 - Roadtrippin’ Tunes

The Runcast with John Richards

KEXP

Music

4.6592 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2021

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Drive Time host Kevin Cole hits the road with tunes for driving. Whether it’s a Summer roadtrip, a commute, or you just sitting in your home thinking about your drive to make the world a better place, Kevin has the music for you. Think of this as a mixtape from a loved one you’re popping in your car for the first time—this playlist has Kevin’s favorite driving and grooving tunes from the past year.

  1. The Weather Station - Tried To Tell You
  2. Ambar Lucid - Get Lost in the Music
  3. Polar Noir - If Everybody Listened  
  4. Jessica Winter - Sad Music
  5. The Suburbs - Summertime
  6. Nation Of Language - Across That Fine Line
  7. Public Service Broadcasting - People, Let’s Dance (feat. EERA)
  8. Working Men's Club - A.A.A.A.
  9. The Vega Bodegas - All My Fish Are Dead  
  10. JOHN - A Song For Those Who Speed In Built Up Areas   
  11. Yee Loi - Be Like Johnny
  12. The Joy Formidable - Chimes
  13. 本日休演 (Honjitsu Kyuen) - Allergie
  14. CHVRCHES - How Not to Drown (feat. Robert Smith)
  15. Mia Day - Rosie
  16. Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto
  17. No-No Boy - The Best God Damn Band in Wyoming
  18. Branik - Monster        
  19. Damien Jurado - Tom
  20. Middle Kids - Questions
  21. Deep Sea Diver - Wishing
  22. Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen - Like I Used To
  23. SAULT -  Wildfires
  24. Songhoy Blues - Worry

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Kevin Cole, the host of Drive Time on K-EXP every Tuesday through Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. here in Seattle,

0:07.6

and welcome to my The Weekly Mix podcast. Music hits different when you're on a road trip. Some songs were made for the open road.

0:15.7

Here in the States, it's summertime, and that means it's road trip season. So I put together some of my

0:20.6

current favorite tunes to bring on the road with you,

0:23.7

whether it's a summer road trip, your commute, or your drive to make the world a better place.

0:29.3

Hop in, let's go.

0:30.9

This is new from the weather station.

0:32.4

It's called Tried to Tell You.

0:49.3

Music tell you. You were scared of late. You were afraid of yourself. Afraid that you might call her that you could not help yourself.

0:57.0

And what could I say?

1:00.0

Lived in you all day.

1:05.0

I watched her in your eyes and pass across your face

1:11.6

the wind and the water

1:15.6

I try to tell you

1:18.6

that is the way that you wonder

1:22.6

I try to tell you You were so afraid

1:33.3

To try and pull apart

1:37.3

The endless rain

1:41.3

You thought of as your heart

1:45.0

With blood on your hands

1:48.0

From the river inside

1:52.0

You try to deny it

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